Tea party has earned its share of respect

Recent accusations attributed to Vice President Joe Biden and other leaders, mostly Democrats, about the tea party energized me to write this letter.

Tea party supporters like myself were called “racist” to start with, but it did not stick.

Now, after the tea party’s recent victory over changing the way the government spends money, we’ve been called “terrorists. We simply want elected officials to know that if they do not correct the situation, they will be voted out, just as we did last November.

It seems that the Democratic Party wants to continue to waste our money on social endeavors — stimulus plans that do not work, and the distribution of money that we do not have, via earmark projects and “Obamacare.” They want to continue tax-and-spend policies throughout all government, including our state and its municipalities.

Well, the Franklin Roosevelt era of social endeavors has come to an end. The Democrats’ agenda has been exposed for what it is — a big lie — and it is being reversed after 60 years. Now we can see that these programs, although well-intended, were abused by past Democratic presidents and sometimes expanded by Republican ones.

These programs have gotten us into so much debt that it is impossible to comprehend. Unless something radical is done, this country is about to become non-existent.

The tea party is composed mostly of senior citizens, small businessmen and regular people of all races and religions demanding a rational solution to our problems. Scare tactics will not work with this group, and name-calling will not, either.

Mortgaging the future of our children and grandchildren is unacceptable. We are mad as hell and will not take it anymore.